New York S 1929: Adjusts the regional labor force cost index for the Hudson Valley region

Status: PRINT NUMBER 1929A (as of 2026-02-11)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1929

Sponsors: William Weber

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S01929 Summary:

BILL NOS01929A

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Adjusts the regional labor force cost index for the Hudson Valley region for the 2025--2026 school year and thereafter.

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BILL NOS01929A

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

02/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

02/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 1929A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1929--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adjusting the regional
 cost index for state school aid with respect to the Hudson Valley
 region

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
 2 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 10-a of part A of chap-
 3 ter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (2) (A) The regional cost index shall reflect an analysis of labor
 5 market costs based on median salaries in professional occupations that
 6 require similar credentials to those of positions in the education
 7 field, but not including those occupations in the education field,
 8 provided that the regional cost indices for the two thousand seven--two
 9 thousand eight school year [and thereafter] through the two thousand
 10 twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six school year shall be as follows:
 11 Labor Force Region Index
 12 Capital District 1.124
 13 Southern Tier 1.045
 14 Western New York 1.091
 15 Hudson Valley 1.314
 16 Long Island/NYC 1.425
 17 Finger Lakes 1.141
 18 Central New York 1.103
 19 Mohawk Valley 1.000
 20 North Country 1.000

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03427-03-6

 S. 1929--A 2

 1 Provided that in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six
 2 school year and thereafter, the regional cost index for Westchester
 3 county shall be 1.351.
 4 (B) For the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven school
 5 year and thereafter the regional cost indices shall be as follows:
 6 Labor Force Region Index
 7 Capital District 1.124
 8 Southern Tier 1.045
 9 Western New York 1.091
 10 Hudson Valley 1.425
 11 Long Island/NYC 1.425
 12 Finger Lakes 1.141
 13 Central New York 1.103
 14 Mohawk Valley 1.000
 15 North Country 1.000
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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